Sharp County record., 1887-02-24

TIE Greek Parliament was 5peLed on
the Sd bv King George IN person.
WILLIE BECEHoLTZ- living near sioux
Citv Ta.. pointed a loaded gun az Flora
Lamhertsen. thirteen years old. on the jd-
II went of and killed the girl.
GrsTAvE KOEcHERT- the New Orleans
lthngrapher who made the counterfeit
Brazilian notes. was found guilty on the
81. but was recommended 70 the court
mercy.
THE President has not yet taken up the
bill 10 pension needy veterans ana
dependent parents. He is receiving a
great many protests against some OF the
principles involved in this Dill.
A wEsT-BoUyD passenger train collided
in the wards 1t Echo, Utah. with a freight
train on he night Of the ID. Lewis Bemls,
engineer OF the freight. was killed. being
caught and his lower eXtremities literally
ground Of he died in twenty minutes.
Two men in the cab with him escaped.
PROF. De LEON, the New York astrolO-
ger. convicted Of inducing young girls to
20 to Panama for immoral purposes, has
been sentenced to fifteen years imprisOn-
meut at hard labor in Sing Sing.
NORTHERN Pacific advices do not confirm
the reports Of heavy losses Of cattle
among the mountain ranches in the North
west
LARGE purchases Of Russian oats have
been made by the French Government
HENRY SCHWARTZ has been held ylthUeE
bail as an accessory 20 the Rock LSladc
robbery and the murder Of Express Mos
senger Nichols.
TIE large three-stOrT warehouse OF the
Drummond Tobacco Company at St.
Louis, filed with stock valued at $50, coz
was destroyed by fire on the night Of
the 3D.
DAvITT aud his bride were enthusiastic
ally welcomed on their arrival 1T Dublin
on The 81.
THE Russian public are sceptical as to
the success Of the negotiations regarding
Bulgaria.
BREsLAU, Long Island, is excited over
the discovery Of the murdered bodies OF
an aged man and his young wife in a
house in the backwOOds near that place.
TIE municipal authorities Of Limerick
ireland. have refused to celebrate the
Queon's jubilee.
R. F. KEACH, an old gentleman sixty
eight years Of age. Jumped from the rooi
of his boarding house IN Washington, on
the 3D. and was picked up in the alley
dead His skull was fractured and both
legs broken. Keach was discharged from
the Treasurv Department last summer
and has been unable to obtain employment
since.
THE President has accented the resig
nation Of General p, W. B. Young Of
Georgia. Consul General at St. Petersburg,
but has not yet selected his successor
THE Pennsylvania Senate, on the 3D.
passed q bill providing for the submission
Of a prohibition amendment TO the state
Constitution TO a vote Of the people.
THE new fve-dOilar certificates viii not
be issued until about the middle Of this
month and the issue will then be very
slow and in small quantities, it having
been decided that it is best to withhold
the certificates until they have been much
more thoroughly dried than were the one
dollar and two dollar certificates.
ARR4NGENEVTs have been made where
bv the Eastern and Western associations
of windOw-glass manufacturers will here
after act in unison.
Or the $50 Italians engaged in the recent
battle near MassOwah, it IS sad that lEeIl
more than ffty 5scabed.
RAILROAD companies having headquar-
ters in Milwaukee, Wis, have recently
made out, by request Of the War Depart
ment, a list Of their rolling stock and
a statement Of their ability TO convey
troops to points on their lines. The state
nents we're sent 10 the War Department
at Washington.
SENATOR FAIRS son, who made -Etle
disturbance in Washington a few nights
ago was packed of to Panama the next
morning by his stern father. Senator
Fair, it is said, had offered his son 2
round million Of his own if he would ab-
stain from liquor entirely for one year
Up to last week the youth had an IN
broken record OF seven months. His first
induI gcnce was q severe one.